CLO and loan trading head moves to development finance job
Mediobanca's loan and CLO trading head has moved to CDC Group, a development finance business owned by the UK government

MeDirect confirms corp credit step-back, as CLO team seeks spin-off
MeDirect has confirmed it will reduce corporate lending to focus on retail clients, following a question by Creditflux on the firm's plans to spin off its CLO-managing specialist credit team

Two senior credit officials leave Global Atlantic
Global Atlantic has parted ways with two senior members of its credit team, including its head of credit investments

Axa IM promotes global head of loans and private debt following Levilain departure
Axa Investment Managers has promoted a new global head of leveraged loans and private debt to fill the vacancy left by Jean-Philippe Levilain, who has left to join CBAM

BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs

Guggenheim CLO syndicate co-head joins sports and media finance company
A Guggenheim Partners managing director has left the firm to join sports and entertainment financing provider 23 Capital

Nuveen adds industry veteran Fleischhacker to private credit unit
TIAA subsidiary Nuveen has hired Jean Fleischhacker as a private credit asset class specialist within its alternative investments distribution team

CLO and direct lending specialist hires former GAM director
A Boston-based alternative credit manager has named Christopher Todisco as a new director on the business development team in New York

Freshfields CLO lawyer hired by rival firm in New York
Ryan Suda, who has joined Mayer Brown as a partner, advises financial institutions, asset managers, private equity funds and hedge funds in structured finance transactions and other complex financings

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes advisory role at distressed debt firm
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, the former head of Intermediate Capital Group's credit fund businessin Europe and Australia, has landed an advisory role at a $7 billion distressed debt manager

European CLO pioneer Wallace set to leave Maltese bank
A loan portfolio manager – who was behind a pioneering European 2.0 CLO – has left MeDirect Bank

THL Credit names Flynn as its sole CEO
Boston-based asset manager THL Credit has named a sole CEO, effective 30 November

US credit firm hires CLO portfolio manager and head of private debt
A US credit manager has announced two major hires to its direct lending and CLO management businesses in New York

Sumitomo eyes mid-market CLOs
SMBC has decided to try its hand at CLO arranging 

Former BlueBay partner establishes direct lending firm after key hires
The former head of German direct lending at BlueBay has launched a new firm with backing form a German private equity firm. He has hired former Barings and Park Square officials to support his new business

WhiteHorse drives direct lending with senior hires
HIG WhiteHorse is beefing up its US direct lending team, making two senior hires in the last month